St Vincent de Paul is one of the longest serving social charities in Louisville. We are located in the up-and-coming Smoketown/Shelby Park neighborhood. Through our homeless shelters, supportive housing programs, professional case management services, and retail thrift stores, we provide compassion and hope for people struggling to overcome barriers to self-sufficiency.

St Vincent de Paul seeks a Pick-Up & Deliver Truck Driver to perform a variety of tasks related to the pick-up of donated goods and merchandise, the delivery of those goods and the distribution of processed and unprocessed merchandise to the warehouse and our four area Thrift stores. Some warehouse duties are assigned as well.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Complete assigned daily truck route each day in a safe and courteous manner
• Load trucks with thought and order to maximize capacity
• Project a professional, courteous image at all times with minimal complaints from donors and customers
• Handle merchandise in a safe and careful manner to ensure your safety and avoid damage to merchandise or property
• Unload merchandise from trucks only to designated areas at stores and warehouse
• Check fluid levels, coolant, tire pressure and lights and cleans windows and mirrors weekly. Keep interior of cab clean at all times.  Donated merchandise is not permitted in cabs.
• Reports problems or concerns about the driver to a supervisor as soon as possible. These include policy violations, unauthorized stops, disagreement concerning merchandise acceptance or rejections, personnel conflicts or others causing significant concern
• Know and follow all guidelines pertaining to accepting or rejecting merchandise and use good judgment and analysis in making those decisions
• Know and follow all guidelines pertaining to truck operation standards and phone policies
• Completes all paperwork and forms assigned to the helper for SVDP records and donors
• Makes calls to donors ahead of arrival time as instructed on pick-up slips by Donation Coordinator
• Performs daily duties as directed to maintain the Processing Center in a safe, clean and orderly fashion
• Performs other duties as assigned

Specific Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Ability to interact effectively and professionally with donors, staff and volunteers
• Basic communication skills and good personal appearance and hygiene
• Ability to drive a 15’ box truck safely
• Ability to lift with help over 50 lbs
• Ability to climb ladders, steps and stairways while maneuvering pickup and deliveries of furniture, appliances, etc
• Ability to read a roadmap and locate a destination as well as use a GPS
• Ability to withstand warehouse setting (not air conditioned) and outdoor elements
• Commitment to the mission and goals of St Vincent de Paul

Education, Qualifications, Certifications, Trainings, Licenses:

• Licensed driver in good standing
• Good driving record
• Reliable transporation
• Successfully pass any required pre-employment background and drug screening

Reporting to this position: None

Physical Demands/Effort/Work Environment: 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the job’s essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to operate a motor vehicle, talk and hear. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hands and fingers, and reach with hands and arms. Job is physically demanding. Must be able to climb stairs. The employee routinely lifts and/or moves up to 50 pounds (with assistance). Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

The job may be performed in areas/neighborhoods that could be considered threatening. Work may occasionally be performed at night, on weekends, and in inclement weather.